Spring Magic: Wildflowers 4/9/2017
Explore the beauty and diversity of Maryland native wildflowers.
As our unusual winter comes to an end, the sun shining through the leafless trees warms the forest floor, causing spring wildflowers to awaken. Like little jewels, they poke through the leaf litter and dot the drab landscape with bouquets of white, yellow, pink and blue. Wildflowers are known as spring ephemerals, meaning they have a short life. While some, such as trout lily, hang around for a while, most of the early bloomers disappear within weeks as leaves fill in the canopy and blot out the sun. Many of the earlier bloomers are white and pale pink, making a stark statement on the brown winter landscape. Later, more showy arrivals such as lilac-to-pink bluebells paint the forest floor in color.1:15pm – Presentation by Dwight Johnson of the Maryland Native Plant Society “Maryland’s Spring Wildflowers”
Ongoing from 1:00-4:00pm (stop in at your convenience; stay as long as you’d like):
As our unusual winter comes to an end, the sun shining through the leafless trees warms the forest floor, causing spring wildflowers to awaken. Like little jewels, they poke through the leaf litter and dot the drab landscape with bouquets of white, yellow, pink and blue. Wildflowers are known as spring ephemerals, meaning they have a short life. While some, such as trout lily, hang around for a while, most of the early bloomers disappear within weeks as leaves fill in the canopy and blot out the sun. Many of the earlier bloomers are white and pale pink, making a stark statement on the brown winter landscape. Later, more showy arrivals such as lilac-to-pink bluebells paint the forest floor in color.1:15pm – Presentation by Dwight Johnson of the Maryland Native Plant Society “Maryland’s Spring Wildflowers”
Ongoing from 1:00-4:00pm (stop in at your convenience; stay as long as you’d like):
- Photographer Rose Anderson will host a station displaying both common and hard-to-find Spring wildflowers found in Maryland state parks
- Flower-themed crafts and activities for children